THE SIMMONS DRUMS APP

THE SIMMONS DRUMS APP

With the Simmons Drums app you can now remotely edit and save your drum kits and sounds with your iOS device — for iPhone and iPad.

To start, you will need a standard USB cable and an Apple Camera connection adapter. We also recommend a 1/8″ stereo TRS audio cable, so you can connect your iOS device to the aux input on the Simmons sound module.

FEATURES

Kit Selection and Editing
You can select and edit Preset and User Kits and drum sounds in the module and save them remotely from the app. You can also edit parameters such as volume, pan, tuning, reverb, chorus, decay and sound assignments.

Teaching Tool
You can play some of the most sought-after kits in your Simmons module with audio tracks in the app in a game-like environment, helping you improve your skills and meter. The accuracy tracking feature will indicate your timing, by number of late hits, early hits, as well as an overall accuracy score.

Play Along
The “Play Along” function allows you to choose songs from your iOS’s music library and manipulate the playback speed so you can learn a groove by slowing down the song.

With the Simmons Basic app you can now remotely edit and save your drum kits and sounds with your iOS device — for iPhone and iPad.

To start, you will need a standard USB cable and an Apple Camera connection adapter. We also recommend a 1/8″ stereo TRS audio cable, so you can connect your iOS device to the aux input on the Simmons sound module.

Features

Kit Selection and Editing
You can select and edit Preset and User Kits and drum sounds in the module and save them remotely from the app. You can also edit parameters such as volume, pan, tuning, reverb, chorus, decay and sound assignments.

Teaching Tool
You can play some of the most sought-after kits in your Simmons module with audio tracks in the app in a game-like environment, helping you improve your skills and meter. The accuracy tracking feature will indicate your timing, by number of late hits, early hits, as well as an overall accuracy score.

Play Along
The “Play Along” function allows you to choose songs from your iOS’s music library and manipulate the playback speed so you can learn a grove by slowing down the song.

SIMMONS DRUMS APP GUIDE

SIMMONS DRUMS APP GUIDE

The Simmons Drums app is specifically designed for the iPhone and iPad versions.

1. After downloading the app from the Apple store, check to see that it is installed on your iOS device.
2. Connect the drum module with the described cable and connector to your iOS device and turn it on.
3. Start the app on your iOS device. If the connection cable is not connected or working correctly, you will see a connection message when the app starts. Otherwise, you will see a message on the main screen showing “SDxxx is connected”.

On the main screen you will see the functions available — Teaching Tool, Kit Edit, Kit Select and Play Along.

TEACHING TOOL

This allows you to practice your drumming skills with a visual and audio guide to instruct you to play along with one of the songs built into the app.

1. Press the Teaching Tool icon.
2. Choose the Song you want to play with the selection arrows. Each song has a difficulty level.
3. You can use the suggested kit, or pick your own. Press the button for either to select.
4. You will come to the Song screen. You can make additional adjusts such as the tempo setting, muting the drum part, showing the guide for the instrument part icons and selecting another kit.
5. Press the Play icon to start the song. The screen will count down and you will hear a click to indicate the count-off tempo.
6. To stop the song, press the screen. Press the return icon to start at the beginning.

KIT EDIT

The Kit Edit function is for editing the specific sounds in the sound module. You can save the preset sounds as user sounds.

1. Press the Kit Edit icon.
2. You can globally edit the kit level, reverb and chorus level here. You can also quickly go to other parts at the top of the screen where you’ll see Ride, Hi Hat, Snare, Kick and Crash.
3. Press the icon for the drum kit part you want to edit (Crash, Snare, etc.)
4. Here you can edit the specific sound assigned to the part — Reverb send, chorus send, pan, tuning, decay.
5. You can also determine the sound assignment on the scroll bar. If your sound has two assignments you can select between them for programming such as the snare center and rim.
6. To save edited kits to user kit locations, exit the Kit Edit mode and go to select another kit. The screen will show “Changes to your kit can be saved on your module” and a scroll bar will indicate where your changes will be saved.

The Simmons basic app is specifically designed for the iPhone and iPad versions.

1. After downloading the app from the Apple store, check to see that it is installed on your iOS device.
2. Connect the drum module with the described cable and connector to your iOS device and turn it on.
3. Start the app on your iOS device. If the connection cable is not connected or working correctly, you will see a connection message when the app starts. Otherwise, you will see a message on the main screen showing “SDxxx is connected”.

On the main screen you will see the functions available — Teaching Tool, Kit Edit, Kit Select and Play Along.

Teaching Tool

This allows you to practice your drumming skills with a visual and audio guide to instruct you to play along with one of the songs built into the app.

1. Press the Teaching Tool icon.
2. Choose the Song you want to play with the selection arrows. Each song has a difficulty level.
3. You can use the suggested kit, or pick your own. Press the button for either to select.
4. You will come to the Song screen. You can make additional adjusts such as the tempo setting, muting the drum part, showing the guide for the instrument part icons and selecting another kit.
5. Press the Play icon to start the song. The screen will count down and you will hear a click to indicate the count-off tempo.
6. To stop the song, press the screen. Press the return icon to start at the beginning.

Kit Edit

The Kit Edit function is for editing the specific sounds in the sound module. You can save the preset sounds as user sounds.

1. Press the Kit Edit icon.
2. You can globally edit the kit level, reverb and chorus level here. You can also quickly go to other parts at the top of the screen where you’ll see Ride, Hi Hat, Snare, Kick and Crash.
3. Press the icon for the drum kit part you want to edit (Crash, Snare, etc.)
4. Here you can edit the specific sound assigned to the part — Reverb send, chorus send, pan, tuning, decay.
5. You can also determine the sound assignment on the scroll bar. If your sound has two assignments you can select between them for programming such as the snare center and rim.
6. To save edited kits to user kit locations, exit the Kit Edit mode and go to select another kit. The screen will show “Changes to your kit can be saved on your module” and a scroll bar will indicate where your changes will be saved.

Kit Select

This allows you to remote access the preset and user kits in the drum module for editing and saving.

To use it, do the following:
1. Press the Kit Select icon.
2. You will see the preset and user kits on a slide bar above the edit icons.
3. Select the kit you want.
4. You can change the main parameters (Kit Volume, Reverb amount, Chorus amount).
5. To save edited kits to user kit locations, select another kit. The screen will show “Changes to your kit can be saved on your module” and a scroll bar will indicate where your changes will be saved.

Play Along

You can play along with music on your iOS device. This function accesses the music in your iTunes library. You can slow down the song (without affecting pitch) to help you learn the drum parts in your favorite songs.

1. Select the Play Along icon.
2. Select a song from your music library.
3. Press the play icon. The song should start playing.
4. Use the tempo control icons to slow or speed up the song.
5. You can also loop the song to play repeatedly with the loop icon.

The Play Along function doesn’t require a lightening cable to the module, however it is recommended that you plug the audio out of your iOS device into the aux input of the drum module so you can hear the sounds of the module along with the music on your iOS device.

KIT SELECT

This allows you to remote access the preset and user kits in the drum module for editing and saving.

To use it, do the following:
1. Press the Kit Select icon.
2. You will see the preset and user kits on a slide bar above the edit icons.
3. Select the kit you want.
4. You can change the main parameters (Kit Volume, Reverb amount, Chorus amount).
5. To save edited kits to user kit locations, select another kit. The screen will show “Changes to your kit can be saved on your module” and a scroll bar will indicate where your changes will be saved.

PLAY ALONG

You can play along with music on your iOS device. This function accesses the music in your iTunes library. You can slow down the song (without affecting pitch) to help you learn the drum parts in your favorite songs.

1. Select the Play Along icon.
2. Select a song from your music library.
3. Press the play icon. The song should start playing.
4. Use the tempo control icons to slow or speed up the song.
5. You can also loop the song to play repeatedly with the loop icon.

The Play Along function doesn’t require a lightening cable to the module, however it is recommended that you plug the audio out of your iOS device into the aux input of the drum module so you can hear the sounds of the module along with the music on your iOS device.